Every year for my birthday I try to learn something new. Except for a couple years when the stresses of life got in the way it’s gone well. One year I learned to knit. It took a long time for that to take hold but I very much enjoy it now. [...]
It wasn’t what I wanted.
In no way was it what I wanted. But I held firmly and demanded it to be mine.
I’m not sure why, other than because I could.
Now I have it. But I still don’t want it. Making it mine made it change. Now I want it like it [...]
I looked over at the couch and saw my oldest daughter working on her math paper. Then I realized I was looking at my youngest.
When did her legs get that long? When did her pudgy baby hands stop being pudgy? When did she stop moving like a little kid? When did she [...]